the top of my tree

morning all , i was just wondering if the top of my i think conifer its a bright green smells like lemon , would root and grow , what happend was the snow last year snapped off the top of one of my two green trees leaving the other one 18 ins taller so while trimming them back i have had to cut the said ammount off to even them up and i have a perfect top left so can i get it to grow on its own its standing in water at the mo .
chrissie b

Just seen your in Greece so it may vary on the speices of tree that about for you slightly.

Round here there are a lot of idiots who plant vigorous conifers (infamously Leyland Cypress) as hedging, then let them get out of control.  Since they make substantial trees they're not ideal in suburban gardens.  Also, a lot of unscrupulous garden centres sell slow-growing ornamental conifers as dwarfs: again, it's easy to accidentally end up with a forest tree when you wanted a sub-shrub.  This tends to give the whole lot a bad name.

Properly handled, I think conifers (and non-flowering-plants in general) are underrated and underused, and native species at least house interesting wildlife.  I'm also a sucker for the resinous scents!  On the other hand, I grew up near well-managed pine-woods, so I'm open to the idea that they can be lovely and provide useful habitats.

Gee you really did get that from me on the posting above hahahaha Sorry about that maybe i should have kept that one to myself.  I guess they do make a good hedge if they are kept short and under control. 

Im thinking of when we have to do tree work in this things the height of house's and when you have finished climbing around the ropes and my ares are covered in all types of sticky gooey sap that sticks to you for hours.  Yukk